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Taking Apart the Energizer Trojan

Posted by Soulskill on from the dissecting-the-pink-rabbit dept.

iago-vL writes "Researchers at SkullSecurity have written a tutorial on how they reverse engineered the Energizer Trojan and generated an Nmap probe to remotely detect infections. The Energizer Trojan is a great educational tool because its inner workings are very simplistic, and it makes minimal efforts to hide itself or conceal its purpose; it even lists what appears to be the author's name — 'liuhong' — in the source! The article provides an introduction to malware analysis, from infecting a test machine to debugging and disassembling the Trojan to writing the actual probe."

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  1. Multi-page article by LostCluster · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tried to RTFA, but it keeps going and going and going.

    1. Re:Multi-page article by Wowsers · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe you're thinking of the wrong brand?

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    2. Re:Multi-page article by iago-vL · · Score: 5, Informative

      Haha, I hadn't even thought of that!

      I originally wrote it as a single page, but 60 images + that much text was too much, so I broke it into 4 pages. For what it's worth, I don't have any ads or anything so it's not like I'm profiting from it.

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    3. Re:Multi-page article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      He accurately recalls something he hasn't seen for years and this makes him weak-minded? Is this because you do not find the information valuable? Is the definition of a strong mind then only one that stores what you believe one should store? Perhaps you could publish a paper describing the sorts of things we should be memorizing to strengthen our minds.

    4. Re:Multi-page article by maxume · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It must suck to have to start disliking stuff just because some plebs found out about it.

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    5. Re:Multi-page article by t0p · · Score: 4, Funny

      Jeeze, you're mean! The Energizer Bunny is not the product of a "crappy ancient ad campaign"... the creature's a freaking icon! And although I can't remember the exact ad where the rabbit escapes its own ad to invade others, there have been plenty of others featuring the creature. I saw one just the other day. And it seems to me that Energizer Bunny ads have been run since forever! Well, I can't remember a time BEB (Before Energizer Bunny) so that means the thing's been around for at least 20 years! I haven't checked the fount of all human knowledge yet, but I'm sure it will confirm my beliefs.

      Go anywhere in the world, find someone who watches commercial TV with any sort of regularity and show him a picture of the Bunny - I'll bet you 1000-1 he'll know who it is. That creature isn't just an icon - it's up there with Mickey Mouse, Jesus Christ and Coca Cola. Get down on your knees and beg the Bunny-God for forgiveness!

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    6. Re:Multi-page article by t0p · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well, I can't remember a time BEB (Before Energizer Bunny) so that means the thing's been around for at least 20 years! I haven't checked the fount of all human knowledge yet, but I'm sure it will confirm my beliefs.

      From the fount of all human knowledge:

      The Energizer Bunny is the marketing icon and mascot of Energizer batteries in North America. It is a pink toy rabbit wearing sunglasses and blue and white striped sandals that beats a bass drum bearing the Energizer logo. It is a parody of the preexistent Duracell Bunny, seen in Europe and Australia. It has been appearing in television commercials in North America since 1989.

      Actually I think the very first battery bunny ad I can remember is the Duracell guy with the drum. But that's irrelevant - it's the Energizer Bunny who's the daddy now!

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    7. Re:Multi-page article by neltana · · Score: 3, Informative

      Maybe you're thinking of the wrong brand?

      No, I'm mocking the Energizer Bunny campaign of ads a robotic bunny left the set of its own ad and started interrupting other ads for fictional products.

      Whether you recognize the Duracell Bunny or the Energizer Bunny as a simple of everlasting battery life depends on where you are from. In Europe and Australia, Duracell has trademarked the use, in the U.S., Energizer did (they were the jonny-come-lately).

      Did I just BLOW YOU MIND!

    8. Re:Multi-page article by xonar · · Score: 2, Informative

      Maybe you're thinking of the wrong brand?

      No, I'm mocking the Energizer Bunny campaign of ads a robotic bunny left the set of its own ad and started interrupting other ads for fictional products.

      Whether you recognize the Duracell Bunny or the Energizer Bunny as a simple of everlasting battery life depends on where you are from. In Europe and Australia, Duracell has trademarked the use, in the U.S., Energizer did (they were the jonny-come-lately).

      Did I just BLOW YOU MIND!

      YOU BLEW ME MIND MAN

    9. Re:Multi-page article by socsoc · · Score: 3, Funny

      Like you have a use for condoms, Dan.

    10. Re:Multi-page article by kimvette · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well when you f*** like rabbits you're bound to get a few infections now and then.

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  2. How About A Little Restraint? by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any reason they felt it necessary to use 'Trojan' and 'probe in the summary? Don't they know this is /. and it's going to generate a lot of immature posts (like this one)

    1. Re:How About A Little Restraint? by blair1q · · Score: 2, Insightful

      There've been a few bait-titled posts like this the past week.

      They're softening us up for 4/1.

  3. FOOLS! by oldhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    it even lists what appears to be the author's name -- 'liuhong' -- in the source!

    That's what liuhong wants you to think!

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  4. slashdotted. text-only googlecache. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    page 1: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:http://www.skullsecurity.org/blog/%3Fp%3D627&hl=en&sa=G&strip=1
    page 2: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:http://www.skullsecurity.org/blog/%3Fp%3D645&hl=en&sa=G&strip=1
    page 3: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:http://www.skullsecurity.org/blog/%3Fp%3D647&hl=en&sa=G&strip=1
    page 4: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:http://www.skullsecurity.org/blog/%3Fp%3D649&hl=en&sa=G&strip=1

  5. Shortage of malware to study? by jjoelc · · Score: 3, Funny

    The summary makes it sound like there is a shortage of malware for students to study... Maybe it is because of all the linux boxes in the academic labs??

  6. Woman's fantasy by ianare · · Score: 4, Funny

    Energizer and trojans combined : a woman's dreams come true.

  7. New Nmap 5.30BETA1 Release by fv · · Score: 5, Informative

    We just today released Nmap 5.30BETA1, which contains the version detection signature described in this post for detecting the Energizer trojan. It also includes a detection and exploitation script for a major Mac OS X vulnerability which Nmap developer Patrik Karlsson found last month and Apple finally patched this morning. There are about 100 other changes as well, including 37 new NSE scripts. You can download it free here.

    Pardon the Nmap promotion, but it seemed on-topic for the story.